'Red Wall' Opens Doors in Beijing

 

From adding elevators to old apartment buildings to making more parking lots for local residents and from setting up vegetable markets to clearing the sheds that blocked streets, local government officials in Beijing's Xicheng district have taken on the task of solving problems confronting residents in their daily lives.

As a group of people living and working closest to the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, government officials and residents in central Beijing's Xicheng district are always aware of their "special duties".

Since the headquarters of China's central leadership Zhongnanhai is in the district, people who live and work around the compound have developed loyalty to the Party, a sense of responsibility and a faith to serve the public good.

Since 1999, this common awareness has been called a "red wall consciousness" because of the color of walls surrounding Zhongnanhai.

In January 2016, the central leadership raised "Four Consciousnesses" of the ideology, the whole, the core and the line锛峵o help build the Party through inner-Party discipline and directives.

As introduced by Lu Yingchuan, Party chief of the capital's Xicheng district, the "red wall consciousness" is a reflection of the "Four Consciousnesses" at a basic level among the grassroots.

"The government officials actively solve the problems for every citizen. The 'red wall consciousness' is not a big word up in the air. It's concrete and practical," Lu said.

"Facing huge disputes and pressures, the municipal government still moved out the Beijing Zoo clothing wholesale markets for a better development of the city. The officials at the street level try to create more green areas, which are called 'tiny parks', to improve the natural environment. All of the above have shown the 'red wall consciousness'," Lu said.

Xicheng has set an example for other districts through more involvement from public opinions.

On Oct 29, Lu, together with other district officials, went to local communities to communicate with people living in the area.

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